Μῦς λευκός

white mouse

Translated by David Whitehead20 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 30 words
Domestic mice are very much impelled to mate, and especially the white ones; these are females. The proverb1 is applied to those who lack self-control when it comes to sex.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μῦς λευκός· οἱ κατοικίδιοι μύες ἄγαν πρὸς τὴν ὀχείαν κεκίνηνται, καὶ μάλιστα οἱ λευκοί. οὗτοι δέ εἰσι θήλεις. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀκρατῶν περὶ τὰ ἀφροδίσια ἡ παροιμία εἴρηται.

Betacode
*mu=s leuko/s: oi( katoiki/dioi mu/es a)/gan pro\s th\n o)xei/an keki/nhntai, kai\ ma/lista oi( leukoi/. ou(=toi de/ ei)si qh/leis. e)pi\ tw=n a)kratw=n peri\ ta\ a)frodi/sia h( paroimi/a ei)/rhtai.

Notes (1)

  1. Same entry in Photius (mu619 Theodoridis), from Pausanias the Atticist (mu28).
  2. 1Apostolius 11.87, etc. For mice in other proverbs see mu 1471, mu 1477. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked translation, added keyword — Catharine Roth
  3. x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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